Dumfries and Galloway Fostering Service

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1. By 20 September 2025, the provider should ensure that the safety, health and wellbeing of children and young people are robustly prioritised and responded to by their caregivers through the effective use of safer caring plans and risk assessments. To do this, the provider must as a minimum: a) Ensure potential risks are comprehensively assessed and effectively inform safe care and support planning. b) Develop individual safer caring plans and risk assessments for all children, and ensure they are reviewed and updated regularly. c) Ensure children and all members of caregiver households are included in the development of risk assessments and safe care plans. This is to comply with regulation 4 (1)(a) of Social Care and Social Work Improvement (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/2010). This is to ensure that the quality of care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standard which state that: ‘I am supported and cared for sensitively by pe2. By 20 September 2025, the provider must develop and implement effective processes in relation to the admission and matching of children and young people to caregivers within the service. This is to ensure the safety, wellbeing and stability of care arrangements for children and young people. To do this, the provider must as a minimum: a) Ensure the comprehensive assessment of children and young people's needs in conjunction with the skills and capacity of caregivers within the service. b) Ensure caregivers strengths and vulnerabilities are identified and recorded, along with any supports required to meet the identified needs of the child. c) Ensure that the views of caregivers, birth children and other children or young people living within caring households are consistently sought and used to inform decision- making. d) Ensure that the rationale for decision-making is comprehensively documented and, when appropriate, includes reco1. By 20 December 2025, the provider must ensure that children and young people are supported in a service that ensures their safety and wellbeing through robust quality assurance and engagement processes. To do this, the provider must as a minimum: a) Ensure that there is effective analysis and oversight of significant incidents, that promotes learning to develop consistent and safe practice. b) Ensure effective systems are in place to audit the standard of practice and recordings within the service, including but not restricted to, caregiver supervision records. c) Ensure effective systems are in place to audit the frequency and standard of professional supervision within the service. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) (welfare of users) of the Social Care and Social Work improvement Scotland (Requirements for care services) regulations 2011 (SS1 2011/210) This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with th2. By 20 December 2025, the provider should ensure that panels effectively support quality assurance within the service. To do this, the provider must as a minimum: a) Ensure that the panel chair and members receive training, support and appraisals that is tailored and relative to their skills and experience. b) Ensure panel chairs and members are clear on their roles and responsibilities. c) Ensure that panel processes include appropriate levels of scrutiny and challenge. d) Ensure panel functioning is supported by the provision of high-quality documentation which has been quality assured in advance by management within the service. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) (welfare of users) of the Social Care and Social Work improvement Scotland (Requirements for care services) regulations 2011 (SS1 2011/210) This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I ben